Degen may refer to:
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Weaponry
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Swiss degen
The Swiss ''degen'' (') was a short sword ('' Degen''), an elongated version of the Swiss dagger, with the same double-crescent shape of the guard.
It was used as a type of side arm in the Old Swiss Confederacy and especially by Swiss mercenaries ...
, a type of short sword of the late medieval and Renaissance period
*the German term for a
dress sword
The small sword or smallsword (also court sword, Gaelic: or claybeg, French: or dress sword) is a light one-handed sword designed for thrusting which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier of the late Renaissance. The height of the small ...
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Degen (SS)
The ''SS-Ehrendegen'' or SS Honor Sword, also ''SS-Degen'' (officially ''Ehrendegen des Reichsführers SS''Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Berlin, 1943, p. 106), is a straight dress sword that was worn with a SS uniform from 1935 ...
, a type of straight saber used by the German SS
**the German term for the
épée
The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...
in modern sport fencing
Places
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Degen, Switzerland
Degen (, german: Igels) is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Until 1983, it was officially known as Igels. The municipalities of Cumbel, Degen, Lumbrein, Morissen, Suraua, Vignogn, Vella, and ...
, a former municipality in Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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Dêgên, a township in Nagqu prefecture, Tibet
Other uses
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Degen (surname) Degen is a surname of Swiss, German or Croatian origin.
There are numerous unrelated families sharing the name, which can originate in a number of given names beginning in ''Degen-'' ("hero"); compare the '' Degener'' surname, from the German given ...
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Dejen Gebremeskel
Dejen Gebremeskel (born 24 November 1989) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who primarily competes in track events. His personal best of 12:46.81 minutes for the 5000 metres ranks him as the fifth fastest of all time for the distance. He ...
(born 1989), Ethiopian long-distance runner
See also
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Degeneracy (disambiguation)
Degeneracy, degenerate, or degeneration may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Degenerate'' (album), a 2010 album by the British band Trigger the Bloodshed
* Degenerate art, a term adopted in the 1920s by the Nazi Party in Germany to descri ...
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